Art Director

Were looking for a visionary brand-obsessed Art Director to join our Brand team at a leading financial services company. This person will be responsible for shaping the visual language of a complex highly regulated brand ensuring creative output is consistently compelling on-brand and built for the real-world demands of a financial services audience.

The ideal candidate has a strong portfolio spanning campaign creative brand systems and digital executions. Youre equally comfortable driving the big visual idea and sweating the details of final productionand you understand what it means to create work that earns trust while breaking through. Experience navigating compliance review processes and designing within established brand guidelines is a meaningful advantage.

Project Type: Contract

Rate: $70/hour

Role: Art Director

Location: Remote (CST or EST preferred)

Key Responsibilities

• Visual Concept Development: Lead the ideation and visual development of integrated brand campaigns from initial concept through final production. Translate strategic briefs into compelling creative directions that align with brand standards and resonate with financial services audiences.

• Brand Stewardship: Serve as a guardian of the brands visual identityensuring consistency across all touchpoints channels and markets. Evolve the visual system thoughtfully over time in partnership with brand leadership.

• Creative Direction & Production Oversight: Art direct photo video and digital shoots; oversee design execution across channels including digital social OOH print and presentations. Partner closely with copywriters designers and production teams to ensure cohesive high-quality output.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work in close partnership with copywriters strategists project managers and business stakeholders to bring ideas to life on time and within scope. Navigate compliance and legal review cycles with professionalism and creative problem-solving.

• Vendor & Agency Management: Manage relationships with external creative vendors photographers illustrators and production partners. Provide clear creative briefs art direction and feedback to ensure quality and brand alignment.

• Mentorship & Creative Culture: Contribute to a culture of craft and creative excellence within the brand team. Provide direction and constructive feedback to junior designers and creative partners helping to raise the overall standard of work.

Qualifications :

• 712 years of experience in art direction within an in-house brand team creative agency or marketing organization

• Strong portfolio demonstrating conceptual range brand system fluency and executional excellence across both digital and traditional channels

• Experience working within or for a financial services insurance or other regulated industry brand is strongly preferred

• Deep understanding of brand identity systems visual storytelling and multi-channel campaign design

• Proven ability to manage creative projects from concept to delivery in a fast-paced high-volume environment

• Strong command of design tools including Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop Illustrator InDesign); familiarity with Figma is a plus

• Exceptional communication and presentation skills; able to articulate and sell creative ideas to senior stakeholders with clarity and conviction

• Collaborative low-ego creative leader who thrives in a structured cross-functional environment and knows how to protect the work while remaining open to feedback

Additional Information :

We Are Rosie provides strategic consulting and talent solutions for the marketing industry. We partner with more than 200 of the worlds biggest brands and agencies to help them solve unique marketing challenges with the best people swiftly and at scale. Founded by former advertising executive Stephanie Nadi Olson in 2018 We Are Rosie is on a mission to redefine how marketing works with an inclusive human-centric approach thats better for business and better for marketers. Our company has been recognized as an industry trailblazer and earned many accolades including being named to the 2023 Global Top 100 Inspiring Workplaces the Inc.and Adweeks Fastest Growing Agencies in 2021.
 

We Are Rosie is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race color religion age national origin ancestry physical or mental disability medical condition pregnancy genetic information gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression veteran status marital status or any other status protected under federal state or local law.

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Contract